Tool for dampening fold-lines of collars



(No Model.)

H. BARNES. TOOL FOR DAMPENING FOLD LINES 0F GOLLABS. No. 555,490.

Patented Ma..r.3, 1896.

- INVENTOR fv/JATTOHNEY WITNESSES;

, Nrrn STATES 'ATENT Prion,

HENRY BARNES, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

TOOL FOR DAMPENING FOLD-LINES OF COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,490, dated March 3,1896.

' Application find May 14, 1895. Serial No. 549,253. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY BARNES, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toolsfor Dampening the Fold-Lines of Collars, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a tool for dampening the fold-lines of collars,the object and nature of which will be more fully set forth in thefollowing specification, and such features as I believe to be new andnovel particularly pointed out in the claims to follow.

To enable others to fully understand my said invention reference is hadto the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a sideelevation of my improved device, consisting of a wheel rotatably mountedupon a handle portion, said wheel having a grooved periphery carrying aring of yarn or other like substance that will absorb moisture,transverse holes in said wheel to act as reservoirs for holding surplusliquid, and a reduced portion of the handle around which the yarn ringsare formed. Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation of one of the yarn ringsafter it has been wound on the handle of the device and twisted in theproper form preparatory to placing it on the grooved wheel. Fig. 3 is anupper plan view of the dampening device looking in the direction ofarrow a Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical cross-section of thedampening-wheel and yarn ring thereon through line b, looking in thedirection of arrow 0 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical longitudinalview of the dampening-wheel looking in the direction of arrow (1 of Fig.3. Fig. 6 is a detail enlarged broken section of the dampening-wheel,showing one of the liquid-reservoirs and the hole of communication.between the peripheral groove of the wheel and such reservoir, showingalso the position of the yarn or absorbent ring by a dotted line.

Its construction and operation are as follows:

1 represents the wheel having the central bore 2, by which it is looselymounted on the stud 3, projecting laterally from the metal shank 4. Thescrew 5 and collar 6 hold such wheel in place. The peripheral groove 7is intended to hold a ring that will absorb and retain moisture and giveup the same, in the manner hereinafter to be more fully explained. Iprefer, however, to make it easy for the operator to construct ringswhenever necessary and without appreciable delay. For this purpose Iemploy any absorbent material, like yarn, and wind it around the reducedportion 8 of the wooden handle 9. A few turns or coils about the ringforming part of the handle will suffice, whereupon the newly-formed ringis pushed off from its seat and such ring twisted into the shape shownat 10, Fig.2, in readiness to be forced into the groove of the wheel,the reduced portion 8 of the handle being enough smaller than thediameter of such groove that the yarn ring will adhere firmly'to thewheel. removal of the newly-formed ring from the said reduced portion 8of the handle 9, I prefer to flatten or cut away the handle back of theshoulder 11, as shown at 12, which cutaway or flat part coincides withthe surface of the part 8, so that by crowding the thumb or fingeragainst the said yarn ring it can easily be removed from the handle.

The reservoirs 13 consist of holes formed transversely around the rim ofthe wheel 1 and sufiiciently large enough to hold a drop of suitableliquid. These holes are drilled so close to' the groove 7, FigLastocutinto To facilitate it, forming thereby the hole 14 as an opencommunication between said reservoirs and groove. Th'ese reservoir-holesmay be sufficiently increased in number as to readily supply the feltring with the proper amount of liquid for the purpose presently to bedescribed.

As previously stated, the object of this device is to dampen thatportion of a collar that constitutes the folding-line. necessary, aftercollars are washed, starched and ironed, to first moisten thehard-starched surface at the bending-point, whether it be the wing-pointof a standing or an ordinary turn-over collar. Otherwise to attempt tobend the collar without first dampening a narrow track across thebending-point, and

"thus soften the starchy surface, would result It is absolutely shown)is used, which contains a quantity of starchy water or othermucilaginousliquid in connection with a thick felt pad lying in suchpan. Said felt pad being thoroughly satu' rated with such liquid thedampening-wheel is run over, under a slight pressure, the felt pad, andsinking far enough therein to thoroughly saturate the yarn ring 10 andalso fill the several reservoir-holes 13 with a drop of the liquid. Thewheel is then run along that portion of the collar where the proposedfoldline is intended to be, leaving a narrow and uniformly-dampenedtrack of equal. width throughout its entire length. This uniformity isdue to the fact that the yarn ring having been evenly saturated with theliquid it has absorbed the drops of liquid in the several reservoirswill keep up the necessary supply for the full distance the wheel isintended to travel.

The advantage of the several reservoirs, holding each but a single dropof liquid, over a large central reservoir is readily seen in comparingthe results obtained by the two methods. Let it be supposed that thewheel is made hollow and such hollow space filled with. the necessaryfluid. It is evident that such fluid will leak out in greater quantitiesat the lower portion of the wheel than at any other point, while the topand a portion of the sides will be dry, which will result in adistribution of liquid at one point of the collar much greater than atany other. In fact, instead of a connected narrowirack of moisture onthe fabric there will appear a broken line of wet spots, some of which,especially at the start, will be so large and such a profusion of liquiddeposited as to ruin the starched surface of the collar.

In my improved dampening-tool the yarn ring will take up all the liquidit is capable of holding, and a reserve force in. the shape of a singleglobular drop will be securely lodged in each of the numerous reservoirscircumferentially placed around the wheel and just under the yarn ringand in communication therewith, as before mentioned, and the wheel canbe laid aside for a few moments, if the operator is not ready to use it,without danger of leaking or of an unequal distribution of the liqu idat any point in the wheel, and when brought into use it will begin anarrow even track and continue the same throughout the whole distancetraveled.

I do not wish to be confined to the exact construetimi of thereservoirs, as these may be varied withoutdeparting from the spirit ofmy invention.

llaving 1h us described my in vent ion, what, therefore, I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters jlatent, is-

I]. In a tool for dampening the fold-line of collars, of the characterdescribed, a circumferelitially-grooved wheel rotatably mounted upon asupport, a trackingi-ing adapted to absorb and hold liquid placed insuch groove, reservoirs cireumferentially arranged about said wheel forholding a small quantity of liquid in reserve, such reservoirshavingopen communieation with the groove of the wheel so as to replenishthe tracking-ring with liquid, as set forth.

2. In the handle of a tool of the character described the reducedportion upon which the yarn is wound, to form the dampening-rings,combined with a flattened part thereon to assist in removing such ringsafter they are formed, as seti'orth.

Signed at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, this 6th day of May, A. I). 1895.

HENRY BARNES.

\Vitnesses:

fl: .Iarsons DIUKEHMAN,

HARRY V. WHIPPLE.

